Brussels, [9 April 2026] – Today, the OECD released the 2025 Official Development Assistance (ODA) early figures, confirming a worrying trend. For the third consecutive year, EU...
AidWatch 2025: keeping a vigilant eye on EU commitments and the true purpose of ODA | AidWatch 2025 Launch
This year, CONCORD’s flagship report, AidWatch, turned 20 years old. To mark the occasion, we wrote a very special, bumper edition. We also held a well-attended launch event,...
AidWatch 2025: Ending short-sightedness, restoring Official Development Assistance’s purpose
CONCORD’s 2024 AidWatch report reveals that Official Development Assistance (ODA) from EU Member States increasingly serves national self-interest, falling short in both quantity and quality.
Beyond ODA numbers: the politics behind EU aid cuts. Who pays the price? The Majority World and Europe’s aid crisis.
Tanya CoxDirector of CONCORDLooking Back… As we all know, the EU’s aid commitments are not just fragile, they are also conditional and political. For years, most EU Member States...
Whose Interests does ODA Truly Serve? AidWatch 2024 Launch Event
On Tuesday 22 October, CONCORD launched the 2024 edition of its AidWatch report. This year, the report posed the question, ‘Whose interests does ODA truly serve?’ and found that a significant portion of European ODA provision is being shaped by self-interests instead of the wellbeing of partner countries.
AidWatch 2024: Whose Interests Does Official Development Assistance Truly Serve?
CONCORD’s 2024 AidWatch report reveals that Official Development Assistance (ODA) from EU Member States increasingly serves national self-interest, falling short in both quantity and quality.
AidWatch 2022 | 1 euro in every 6 not going towards those left furthest behind
2021 should have been the year to double down on ODA to counter compounding global challenges. Instead, 1 euro in every 6 from EU and Member States’ ODA budgets did not even go towards those left furthest behind.
ODA under scrutiny: AidWatch 2023 launch event
On Wednesday 18th October, CONCORD launched its 2023 AidWatch report, ‘Bursting the ODA inflation bubble.’ The report analyses both the quantity and the quality of EU ODA, finding that although reported figures are at a record high, 22% of reported ODA did not meet the most basic criteria to qualify as such.
Bursting the ODA inflation bubble: AidWatch 2023 Report Unveils the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality
While Official Development Aid (ODA) figures are reportedly at record highs, the AidWatch 2023 report shows how the EU and its Member States have managed once again to claim billions as aid that did not meet the most basic criteria to qualify as ODA.
AidWatch 2022 | 1 euro in every 6 not going towards those left furthest behind
2021 should have been the year to double down on ODA to counter compounding global challenges. Instead, 1 euro in every 6 from EU and Member States’ ODA budgets did not even go towards those left furthest behind.